She said that recently in Kharkov there was a conflict between a taxi passenger and a driver who “in a rude, dismissive form” refused to serve it in the state language.
“The video, which was made public in social networks, and the citizen’s complaint is a whole“ bouquet, ”wrote Ivanovskaya.“ In addition to refusing to serve in Ukrainian and turn off Russian music, the taxi driver poured abstracts from the Kremlin methods, in particular, regarding the “infringement of Russian -speaking rights.” I made a decision on the beginning of state control measures. about the need to use appropriate measures on their part. “
According to the linguistic ombudsman, the driver from Kharkov “will not be able to avoid punishment.”
Ivanovskaya explained that the taxi driver, refusing to serve the passenger in Ukrainian, violated the requirements of Art. 36 of the Law of Ukraine “On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state.” According to her, the language of passengers in transport is the state language.
The Code of Ukraine on Administrations for Violation of the Language Law regarding the application of Gosyazyzki in the field of consumer service is threatened with a penalty of 200 to 300 tax -free minimum minimum income of citizens, the linguistic ombudsman noted.
“Today, this amount is 3400–5100 UAH,” Ivanovskaya emphasized.
She said that she turned to a taxi service with a call to carefully check the drivers for knowledge of the state language, attentive to passengers' complaints and quickly take response measures.
Citizens can report a violation of the language law through the appropriate electronic form on the website of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language.
Context
According to the Constitution of Ukraine, the only state The language in the country is Ukrainian, but the state guarantees the free use of Russian and other languages of national minorities.
In July 2019 in Ukraine The law entered into force On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state. According to the law, the Ukrainian language is mandatory for use in state authorities and local self -government, as well as in the public areas of public life. Since January 2021, all service providers, regardless of ownership, should Serving consumers in Ukrainian, at the request of the client, can use another language acceptable to both sides.
The law does not apply to the sphere of personal communication and religious rites.
